Former Australia Check captain Tim Paine has lauded Pat Cummins for his management and choice making within the 2023 ODI World Cup closing triumph towards India on Sunday.
Cummins would induce a loud cheer across the one lakh plus capability Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, as he received the toss and opted to discipline first. However Paine elaborated that Cummins was on the button proper from the phrase go.
“Once we received the toss I feel Pat Cummins shocked everybody a bit with the decision to bowl first,” Paine advised SEN Tassie. “Bowling first was the primary name. Then after we have been bowling, you possibly can see the homework that went into it. The fields we had early to Rohit Sharma, that deep level, slip and Glenn Maxwell at like a fly slip. Then to alter that round as quickly as they noticed the wicket was a bit slower and the ball acquired older to Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, at instances we went with 4 guys on the off aspect and no cowl. I haven’t seen that in one-day cricket.”
Moreover, Paine added, “I believed Pat Cummins had one of many nice video games because the captain after which when he bowled, that’s nearly as good as I’ve seen him for some time. He hasn’t had his finest World Cup, however final night time, and we’ve spoken about this quite a bit, Australia has gamers who get up within the large moments as a result of they’ve been there earlier than and Cummins did that not simply along with his management, however with the ball. When he went full velocity, he was hitting the wicket onerous and I believed he set the tone. His captaincy good, his bowling was excellent and we have been good within the discipline as nicely.”
Cummins nabbed a few wickets within the first innings, whereas Australia went on to clinch the ultimate by six wickets.
Travis Head would paved the way with the bat, scoring 137 off 120 deliveries – his second century in an ICC closing this yr following a WTC Closing. Coincidentally, it was Cummins who had emphasised the necessity of getting Head within the lineup regardless of the southpaw not having began the match owing to a thumb harm.